Investigated the potential use of factor analytic techniques for identifying personality dimensions in young children. (DP)

This study investigated the hypothesis that primary process expression on Gottshalk's Five Minute Verbalization Task would be more representative of clinical status in schizophrenia than primary process expression on the Rorschach. Subjects were 21 males and 15 females, ages 19-41 years, newly admitted to the hospital and treated with…

Dynamic motivational traits identified by Cattell were factor analytically examined to determine more general underlying factors. (Author/GO)

Discusses study involving parcels of homegenous items as opposed to item factoring. (SDH)

This study investigated the self-reported fears and some personality characteristics of a sample of 1112 adolescents ranging in age from 12 to 18 years (attending grammar and secondary schools in Northern Ireland). (CS)

A total of 219 male and female college students returned questionnaire measures relating to cognitive complexity, dogmatism, and repression-sensitization. Analyses revealed very complex interactions among the variables. (Author/SB)

The Multidimensional Aggression Scale containing 34 variables of aggression, categorized along the dimensions of intensity, agent, and directionality, was used to score the doll play responses of 123 black preschool children. The data supported the contention that aggression can be conceptualized along several dimensions. (Author/CS)

These findings are discussed in the light of earlier findings with the PEPI and some tentative explanations for the observed national differences are suggested. (Authors)

College students were administered a self-rating scale which allowed self and typical student estimates of intelligence, motivation, and achievement. Significant sex differences were found in ratings for typical male and female students. (GO)

Somindence (sober mature independence) is found in the stolid, mature, independent; and by contrast, dissofrustance (dissociative rejection of frustrating ideas) characterizes the more careful, less enthusiastic person with increased dependence on external control. (Author/MB)

Findings are interpreted in the framework of adolescent egocentrism and discussed both in terms of their implications for the study of adolescent socialization and the study of perceived age changes. (Authors)

Two groups of Israeli boys and girls in Grades 4-8, one group of 182 intellectually gifted with a mean WISC IQ of 140, and one group of 310 nongifted, were compared on several indices of personal-social adjustment. (MS)

The authors selected 58 mother-child dyads from divorced and intact families to participate in a study on the impact of divorce on preschoolers' attachment security. The authors explored pathways that lead to security of attachment. They found that mothers from divorced families were younger, had lower income levels, and had lower levels of…